Lexicon :: Strong's H5157 - nāḥal

So Moses commanded the Israelites, saying, “This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe [of Manasseh],

“You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the forefathers [who first divided the territory] have set, in the land which you will inherit in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all [the people of] Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance.

“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,

When He separated the sons of man,

He set the boundaries of the peoples

According to the number of the sons of Israel.

These are the territories which Moses distributed as an inheritance in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho to the east.

Now these are the territories which the tribes of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of Israel apportioned to them as an inheritance,

The sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

When they had finished dividing the land for inheritance by its borders, the Israelites gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.

These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before the LORD at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

“He raises up the poor from the dust,

He lifts up the needy from the ash heap

To make them sit with nobles,

And inherit a seat of honor and glory;

For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S,

And He set the land on them.

So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,

And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,

And those who love His name will dwell in it.

Arise, O God, judge the earth!

For to You belong all the nations.

I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever,

For they are the joy of my heart.

The wise will inherit honor and glory,

But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.

That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth and true riches,

And that I may fill their treasuries.

He who troubles (mismanages) his own house will inherit the wind (nothing),

And the foolish will be a servant to the wise-hearted.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,

And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for [the hands of] the righteous.

The naive [are unsophisticated and easy to exploit and] inherit foolishness,

But the sensible [are thoughtful and far-sighted and] are crowned with knowledge.

He who leads the upright astray on an evil path

Will himself fall into his own pit,

But the blameless will inherit good.

This is what the LORD says,

“In a [fn]favorable time I have answered You,

And in a day of salvation I have helped You;

And I will keep watch over You and give You for a covenant of the people,

To restore the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands,

“When you cry out [for help], let your [ridiculous] collection of idols save you.

But the wind will carry them all away,

A [mere] breath will take them.

But he who takes refuge in Me will possess the land [Judea]

And will inherit My holy mountain.”

Thus says the LORD regarding all My evil neighbors (Gentile nations) who strike at the inheritance which I have granted to My people Israel, “Behold, I will uproot them from their land and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.